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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1920
Page
3
Mexico orders former world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson expelled. He had been popular with Mexican sports fans but cannot enter the United States without facing arrest and potential trial for alleged Mann White-Save Act violations. Johnson left Mexico to avoid arrest.
fragmentary narrative scene shows a man at a public table asking an artist about a paper while a boy named Tommie quizzes about sheep and trousers. A busker-like crowd claps as a performer shifts from lesson to conversation, blending dialogue and hurried action.
G A Emery returning to Cheyenne after eighteen years expresses pleasure at the city’s growth and progress. He recalls Cheyenne’s past as a rough frontier town and praises its present beauty and lawfulness. Emery, son of the late A S Emery, reunites with old friends at Justice Houseman’s office before possibly heading to Colorado Springs or Omaha due to his wife’s illness.
Miss Fowler was yesterday reappointed county home demonstrator for the ensuing year by the board of county commissioners. In addition to the reappointment there was a pay increase of $12.50 per month. Her term of office expired July 4. The tenure of the county agricultural agent does not expire until January, and this office did not enter into the proceedings at the meeting.
A state leader proposes a full dividend plan, urging supporters to give it a trial run and evaluate its impact on the economy and public finances. The offer signals a push for immediate examination of a universal distribution approach.
Colonel J A Jordan toured Cheyenne and urged the city to loan $18 000 to fund a hangar for mail planes. The plan foresees four planes housed with two airborne, with the Rotary Club and Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce leading fund raising including potential county support. Wales field praised for terrain and expected airship activity by September.
One convict received a pardon from the state board of charities and reform yesterday afternoon. F H Bocker, sent from Converse county on a sedomy charge, had favorable action due to grave doubt about his guilt being established.
Bishop Patrick A McGovern plans a voyage from New York to Naplow and then to Rome to present a report to Pope Benedict XV. Catholic bishops must make a personal visit every ten years, and McGovern joins this year’s pilgrimage.
A proposed Wyoming bill to be introduced in the sixteenth legislature would require all state teachers to prove loyalty and Americanism before teaching. The measure, urged by the American Legion and patriotic groups, calls for displaying flags in classrooms and pupils reciting the American creed.
The G A A sent a memorandum to the American Legion after Henderson Jr prompted it at an early war era meeting. The note references Feadra BY tain Horry FB and the measure discussed within Legion circles.
Spring air brings surge in coughing sneezing and wheezing as hay fever and asthma surge. Foley's Honey and Tar touted as old reliable relief for coughs colds hay fever asthma and throat irritation. Sold Everywhere.
An even split of profits from vendors stands during Frontier days is planned between the city and Gheyenne merchants. Stands will be rented at 50 cents per square foot with half of the proceeds to the city and half to the merchants. previously merchants kept all the profits.
Cheyenne police announce a security boost for the Frontier anniversary event. Twenty additional officers will be deployed citywide, some in uniform and others in plain clothes, to ensure coverage during the big show.
Franklin D Olier national commander of the American Legion will visit Cheyenne July 25 and 26 arriving from Denver at 9 35 p m and departing the following day a short time after 10 p m details announced yesterday in Cheyenne schedule coverage
A frontier celebration brings together community members including a distinguished editor from the American Leader magazine and his wife. Fellow attendee Jones FB is noted among the guests as part of the celebration.
The announcement promotes GEO J CANOLA as a candidate for Sheriff in the county party nomination. It notes long service in the office under former Sheriff Singhes and late Sheriff Pat Mayes and expresses a pledge of conscientious effort and efficient service to the county.
With the arrival of summery frocks parasols become decorative accessories rather than sun shades. Colorful combos of silk duvetyne embroidered satin taffeta and georgette adorn parasols. Coordinated parasols with hats and frocks emphasize the season's chic ensembles.
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